TIGERS of the SNOW: HOW ONE FATEFUL CLIMB MADE THE SHERPAS MOUNTAINEERING LEGENDS.

UK,12mo p/back 1st edn. [Originally and first published US,Thomas Dunne Books,2002.First UK publication,(LONDON) Little,Brown, 2002. This the first UK,(LONDON) ABACUS,p/back issue,2003.] Near FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-removal from card cover.Bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered, glossy,repeated monochrome repeated photograph to covers+spine/backstrip illustrated card covers,with brown+black lettering to same - thumbnail photograph repeated to spine and same front cover photograph repeated to rear cover - rear cover with story precis and critics' brown+black lettered reviews. Spine/backstrip with NO reading creases.Top+fore-edges inevitably aged/toned; contents bright,tight, clean and solid - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread, other than my own collation.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn, ix-xiiipp+3-338pp [paginated] includes author's introduction,Pts 1-3 comprising 3,5 and 6 chapters respectively,16pp contemporary historical b/w photographs and contemporary colour photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp130/31 (historical b/w+modern colour photographs) and pp194/95 (b/w historical photographs),5 b/w maps/diagrams interspersed throughout the text,Notes,Sources/ interviews and 6pp bibliography,acknowledgements and an Index.Plus [unpaginated] author's potted biography with published list of other works to its verso,title page,a dedication with blank verso,and a contents list/table.
Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and even internally,the book is also in an acceptable condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral p/back book.It is only the minimal,minor exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really is still an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. In 1934 a German-led team set off to climb the West Himalayan peak of Nanga Parbat,the ninth highest mountain on earth.No such attempt had been made since the disastrous assault of 1895,but Nazi Germany was determined to prove its natural superiority to the world. The heavily funded expedition,accompanied by cameras to record the team's success,resulted in dangerous pressure to deliver results.
When a hurricane hit the leading party just short of the summit,the Germans broke the unwritten rule of mountaineering and headed down alone.Facing almost certain death,it was the moment the Sherpas who survived have never forgotten.Now the Sherpas, not the Europeans,were seen as the most responsible climbers - 'Tigers of the Snow'. Impeccably researched and superbly written,this is the compelling narrative of a climb gone wrong,set against the mountaineering history of the early twentieth century and the haunting background of German politics in the 1930s. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded, after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.
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